HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081209710
Bassin de Tsavo River
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 5 administrative regions : Kibwezi East, Mwatate, Taveta, Voi, Wundanyi
Sub-basin area
1 069,1km²
Upstream area
7 225,8km²
Discharge
26,73m³/s
Mean elev.
719m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,8°C
Annual rain
856mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
78mm/an
PET
1 731mm
AET
723mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
362cm
Forest
3%
Crops
17%
Urban
1%
Protected
72%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)